vulnerability
Scanning Diagnostics: Unknown error occurred trying to connect to the WMI Service
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:N) | 2021-11-02 | 2021-11-02 | 2021-11-02 |
Severity
1
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:N)
Published
2021-11-02
Added
2021-11-02
Modified
2021-11-02
Description
The following information is for Scan Diagnostic purposes only, and is not indicative of a detected vulnerability.
The scanning user encountered an unknown error when connecting to the WMI Service.
This can be caused by a number of issues:
- The network may be unstable
- Interference from tools such as network monitoring applications
WMI access is required for accurate Policy assessments, certain system settings required for policy assessment can only be collected via WMI.
Solution
rapid7-diagnostics-wmi-unknown-error
References
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